Dec. 1, 1999
9:41 p.m.
On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, James C. Ahlstrom wrote:
In my experience, the DLL search path (PATH for short) is problematic because it requires either using the System control panel or modifying autoexec.bat, both of which can have massive systemic effects completely unrelated to Python if a mistake is made during the modification.
I agree that altering PATH is problematic. So is altering PYTHONPATH and for exactly the same reason. That is why I think PYTHONPATH is a bad idea.
I see. Thanks for the explanation. I didn't know the complete story of the "Windows DLL search path". BTW, I think a huge difference b/w PYTHONPATH and PATH is the system-wide nature of PATH, vs. the Python-restriced nature of PYTHONPATH. --david